CHAMPION: Kaufman Wins 2014 Shamrock Shotgun By DG Valve Systems

SKIP
Nicky
Kaufman

Third
Holly
Baird

Second
Deena
Benoit

Lead
Pam
Appelman

Nicky Kaufman (Edmonton, AB) won 4-3 over Michele Jaggi (Berne, SUI) in the Final of the Shamrock Shotgun By DG Valve Systems, held October 31 - November 2, 2014 at the Shamrock Curling Club in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kaufman won 9-7 over Nadine Chyz (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2014 Shamrock Shotgun By DG Valve Systems in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won 7-3 over Rebecca Pattison (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2014 Shamrock Shotgun By DG Valve Systems in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Kaufman finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kaufman defeated Stephanie Prinse (Chilliwack, BC) 4-3, then went on to lose 8-5 against Alison Kotylak (Edmonton, AB). Kaufman responded with a 7-0 win over Korea's Suji Kim. Kaufman won 5-3 against Saskatchewan's Jill Shumay in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Shamrock Shotgun By DG Valve Systems Championship title, Kaufman earned 3.950 world rankings points along with the $3,200CDN first prize cheque, moving up 16 spots the World Ranking Standings into 70th place overall with 12.369 total points. Kaufman ranks 44th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.515 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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